| Laforey
Class Torpedo Boat Destroyers
These were the last Destroyers completed
before the outbreak of world war One, and the first class to be named in
the new Alphabetical system. Also six of the class were built with two
funnels with the remainder having Three. They were also the first class
to be given double torpedo Tubes. and another first was two destroyers
of the class HMS Leonidas and HMS Laforey had geared turbines. The
" L" Flotilla saw a lot of active service during the war. with
HMS Lance having fired the first naval shot of the war when it sank
(along with HMS landrail) the German minelayer Konigen Luise
they took part in most of the naval actions but only a few were at
Jutland. and during the war they formed the famous
"Harwich force"
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| HMS Llewellyn |
30th October 1913 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion and transferred to escort duties after 1917. Sold for
breaking in March 1922. |
| HMS Lennox |
17th March 1914 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion and transferred to escort duties after 1917. She was on of
the ships to sink the u-boats U115, U117, U118 and U119 on 17th October
1914. Sold for breaking in October 1921. |
| HMS Loyal |
11th November 1913 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion and transferred to escort duties after 1917. She was on of
the ships to sink the u-boats U115, U117, U118 and U119 on 17th October
1914. Sold for breaking in November 1921. |
| HMS Legion |
3rd February 1914 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion. Converted to minelayer in 1917. She was on of the ships to
sink the u-boats U115, U117, U118 and U119 on 17th October 1914. Sold
for breaking in May 1921. |
| HMS Laforey |
28th March 1913 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion. Mined and sunk on 25th March 1917. |
| HMS Lawford |
30th October 1913 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion. Converted to minelayer in 1917. Sold for breaking in August
1922. |
| HMS Louis |
30th December 1913 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion. Wrecked in Suvla Bay on 31st October 1915 and then destroyed
and sunk by Turkish shells. |
| HMS Lydiard |
26th February 1914 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion and transferred to escort duties after 1917. Sold for
breaking in November 1921. |
| HMS Laertes |
5th June 1913 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion and transferred to escort duties after 1917. Sold for
breaking in December 1921. |
| HMS Lysander |
18th August 1913 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion and transferred to escort duties after 1917. Sold for
breaking in June 1922. |
| HMS Lance |
25th February 1914 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion firing the first shot of the war on 5th August 1914 after
intercepting Konigin Luise, and transferred to escort duties after 1917.
She was one of the ships to sink the u-boats U115, U117, U118 and U119 on
17th October 1914. Sold for breaking in November 1921. |
| HMS Lookout |
27th April 1914 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion and transferred to escort duties after 1917. Sold for
breaking in August 1922. |
| HMS Laurel |
6th May 1913 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion and transferred to escort duties after 1917. Sold for
breaking in November 1921. |
| HMS Liberty |
15th September 1913 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion and transferred to escort duties after 1917. Sold for
breaking in November 1921. |
| HMS Lark |
26th May 1913 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion and transferred to escort duties after 1917. Sold for
breaking in January 1923. |
| HMS Landrail |
7th February 1914 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion and transferred to escort duties after 1917. Received damage
after colliding with HMS Undaunted in August 1915. Sold for breaking in
December 1921. |
| HMS Laverock |
19th November 1913 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion and transferred to escort duties after 1917. Sold for
breaking in May 1921. |
| HMS Linnet |
16th August 1913 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion and transferred to escort duties after 1917. Sold for
breaking in November 1921. |
| HMS Lochinvar |
9th October 1915 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion and transferred to escort duties after 1917. Sold for
breaking in November 1921. |
| HMS Lassoo |
24th August 1915 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion. Mined and sunk on 13th August 1916. |
| HMS Leonidas |
30th October 1913 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion and transferred to escort duties after 1917. Sold for
breaking in May 1921. She was a Parsons special. |
| HMS Lucifer |
29th December 1913 |
Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion and transferred to escort duties after 1917. Sold for
breaking in December 1921. |
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HMS Llewellyn |
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HMS Llewellyn, 1913.
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HMS Llewellyn, with the bow removed after being
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HMS Lennox |
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HMS Lennox c.1914 |
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HMS Loyal
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Built by Denny and co at Dumbarton and launched on
the 11th November 1913. Served with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on
completion. On the 17th October 1914, along with her sister ships
Legion, Lance, Lennox and HMS Undaunted, they sank the German Torpedo-boats,
S115, S117, S118 and S119 off Texel. later transferred to escort duties after 1917. Sold for
breaking in November 1921. |
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The Torpedo-Boat Destroyer HMS Loyal |
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HMS Legion |
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HMS Laforey |
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HMS Lawford |
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HMS Louis |
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HMS Laertes |
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HMS Lysander |
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HMS Lance |
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HMS Lookout |
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HMS Laurel |
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HMS Lark |
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HMS Laverock |
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HMS LANCE
FRANK VINCENT.. Frank Vincent my grand father served on HMS Lance in
WWI along with Edward ? Coburn, the latter died and Frank Vincent married
his widow. These are relations through a birth parent, I was adopted, not
a lot to go on, couldn't find Coburn on CWGC roll of honour. Any info
welcomed
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ARTHUR JAMES FOORD.. My grandfather Arthur Foord
served on HMS Lance during WWI. His story was always that he fired the
first shot for the British Navy in WWI. I have so far determined that he
was on the ship which did indeed fire the first shot. I would like to find
anyone who can tell me anything at all about this ship. I was quite
stunned to find out that so far everything he said was true. Contact me at
lonergan@nexicom.net
HMS LYDIARD DR THOMAS HOBSON
KIRK.. Tom Kirk joined Lydiard as a surgeon in 1917 and stayed with
her on convoy duties for the rest of the war. He had been at
Giggleswick School (1912 - 1915) and the University of Durham, (Newcastle
Medical School, 1915 - 1917). He died at the age of 105 in November
2004 at Woolsington, Northumberland, and so was probably the Lydiard's
last surviving crew member. He was one of the last 20 or so survivors of
the Great War in this country. Contact
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